A total of 15 people, including the son of a former Union minister, will face charges following the seizure of a large cache of weaponry and illicit narcotics last month in Naypyidaw, the Myanmar Police Force has announced.

A 10-minute shoot-out between Thai border security guards and a drug smuggling ring on Tuesday night left one of the gang dead on the outskirts of the Burmese border town of Tachilek, Thai media have reported.

The UNODC finalised a four-year memorandum of understanding with the Burmese government on Monday, allowing them to partner on an “integrated programme” aimed at strengthening the rule of law and tackling crime and drug issues.

Nearly one million date-rape pills en route to Burma were confiscated in northwestern Thailand’s Tak Province on Sunday, Thai police confirmed. The drugs, which included Xanax, Razepam and Frisium, arrived[…]

A seven-year-old Burmese boy with only a backpack was found crying at a roadside in Thong Pha Phum district in Thailand’s Kanchanaburi province after being tricked into carrying almost 10,000 methamphetamine pills.